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Cretomorgus

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Cretomorgus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Trogidae
Subfamily: Omorginae
Genus: Cretomorgus
Nikolajev, 2007
Species:
C. ikhbogdensis
Binomial name
Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis
Nikolajev, 2007

Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis is an extinct, fossil species of hide beetle that lived in modern-day Mongolia during the Lower Cretaceous, approximately 112 million years ago, making it the earliest preserved species of the subfamily Omorginae.[1] C. ikhbogdensis is the sole species of the genus Cretomorgus.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Nikolajev, G. V. (2009-01-01). "A new genus and species of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 5 (2): 179–182. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2009-5-2-179-182.
  2. ^ "Omorginae". BioLib.